Community Quiz #6 Reduction or Rejection

TrialKingTrialKing
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What was a favorite food item you loved and you had make the painful and extremely difficult decision to get rid of it completely from your food choices in life either for medical reasons or just personal health reasons

How did you do it??

do you reject the food entirely now when out with family or friends

or Reduce consuming that food only on very specific occasions

  1. Foods you had to give up22 votes
    1. Bacon/any pork
        9.09%
    2. Soda/beer
      40.91%
    3. Other
      50.00%

Comments

  • JasonCuddlesJasonCuddles

    My most recent and favourite item was a drink. I just dropped it completely, simple as. I will likely never have it again.

  • LetsCuddle44LetsCuddle44

    Over 2 1/2 years ago I gave up soda for medical reasons. At times I crave a root beer float, but otherwise I'm good without out. Now it's water or unsweetened iced tea when I dine out.

  • [Deleted User]WriterGF (deleted user)

    Loads of them after I got diagnosed with diabetes 15 years ago.

  • AdentoAdento

    Grits and chocolate. Found out I get kidney stones and had to cut out high-oxalate foods. I used to love LOVE grits. and reeses.

  • TrialKingTrialKing

    @Adento grits OMG I'm so sorry that definitely my favorite for me it's bacon nothing medical I just want to cut it for weightloss purposes

    @WriterGF
    I can't imagine having to deal with that I'm sure it takes a lot of will power!

    @LetsCuddle44
    Soda definitely huge weakness I been replacing them with propel and bali and vitamin water

  • Mr_Cuddle_BearMr_Cuddle_Bear

    Stopped drinking soda gradually over several years. It wasn't for any specific reason, just lost the taste of it. I do still have a cream soda or a black cherry soda with my hot dog or pastrami sandwich when I go to a kosher deli.

    Stopped drinking alcohol about 5 years ago. It was really hard since I'm a big wine connoisseur (took sommelier classes and all). I started developing huge migraines very quickly after having a drink, so I figured it was better to just cut it out of my routine. I still heat up a nice hot toddy if I have a head cold or enjoy 1 hard seltzer sitting at the pool. But gone are the days of ordering a wine with dinner at a restaurant.

  • TheFunCartelTheFunCartel
    edited May 2025

    I have never been a big drinker, so nothing to give up there. No problem cutting out meat for the most part. But sugar is the devil and cookies are its demons. I have been semi-successful on that front, but if I smell them I want them.

    There is a reason realtors suggest baking cookies before an open house. The smell is like crack to many.

  • BearBear

    I’ve restricted or eliminated food because I let my diabetes get out of control.

  • lovingspoonfulllovingspoonfull

    For me it’s salt. Which means management/reduction. The body cannot function without salt, but too much is not good either.

    I tread the middle line with limited processed foods, reliance on cooking techniques and herbs over salt for flavor, and exercise.

  • [Deleted User]WriterGF (deleted user)

    @FutureHeart2023 Oh, it's not so bad. If I didn't have diabetes, I would probably be 400 pounds from all the donuts I would have stress eaten over the last decade :)

  • CSnMUS87CSnMUS87

    I used to drink lots of sugary soft drinks such as soda, milkshakes, lemonade, and more. Sometimes I'd have 2 bottles (or more) or multiple cans in a single meal. Both during lunch and dinner.
    As was expected, it caused my hemoglobin A1C level to rise. Trying to work on that, so now I drink mostly water, once in a while a single can of Zevia (Dr. Zevia, Cream Soda, or Vanilla cola are my favorites), or a single serving of grapefruit juice or orange juice (to take psyllium husk fiber supplement), but other than that just water water water. I'm not diabetic (yet) and I'm hoping to avoid getting it.

  • [Deleted User]Homesteader (deleted user)

    I had to give up dairy. I just stopped, once I realized that it was what caused the "razor blade" pain in my guts. I was no longer willing to pay the price, so I just stopped.. Those who love me are careful when they cook... they want me to be able to eat with them! :)

  • MindTherapyMindTherapy

    I went vegan about 19 years ago and I primarily did it for health reasons. It was a gradual process over about four months. I the first month I cut out meat altogether. I really never was attached to it so that portion was easy to do. I grew up on a farm and we slaughtered our animals so I just had bad memories attached to it especially after my parents died. Next it was dairy and eggs. Again it was easy for pretty much the same reasons. Sugars, sodas, and all that stuff went too. The more healthy I ate I just naturally lost interest. And lastly it was more of a deliberate fine tuning with honey and stuff.

    When it came to family and friends, some had an issue and I did receive some lash back and criticism. Mind you this was almost 20 years ago so people weren’t nearly as open to the idea as they are now. The worst part was when I became pregnant with my son. Family had a lot to say as it was believed that it was unhealthy and harmful to the baby. So how did I deal with it? Ignored them. I had already made a sound decision so I wasn’t easily swayed or bothered by the opinion of others. No one should be. I understood that they were just as encaptured in their reality as I was mine and that was that. I never judged anyone for eating meat even though I found it strange the some people thought I did and would often start to explain themselves. It wasn’t really about saving the animals for me (although it’s good if you do), so that aspect of judgement just didn’t exist. However, the smell did bother me and would often make me nauseous over time.

    *As far as going out for meals, going over for meals, or having people over- You can imagine this is where things get touchy and there are some fines. If someone invited me out, I’d just go whenever it was or if they asked what I liked, we’d find something agreeable. You can go almost anywhere and find something vegan so I was never going to make a fuss about it.
    *As far as being invited over to someone’s place for meals, I’d kindly let them know I was vegan; not expecting them to cater but just so they’d be aware if I didn’t eat much and to not take it personally or think I was being rude. It got a little easier after I had my daughter since she was allergic to everything so it people did take it more seriously.
    *When people are coming to my place, it’s understood that everything is vegan. I usually will ask questions and prepare things they like vegan style. Most of them time though, people see it as an opportunity to try something new or out of curiosity to see what vegans actually eat. At this point of life, it’s more for religious/spiritual reasons, so my dwellings are meat free zones. I just kindly let people know and for the most part people are respectful about that.

  • TrialKingTrialKing

    @POETIC_TRUTHS wow that's awesome you stood your ground.. you would think food you eat for YOURSELF wouldn't be an issue to others but as you explained there different factors and scenarios where things pop up thanks for sharing ☺️

  • MorpheusMorpheus

    Gave up booze. Post cancer, Dr said no more drinking and so I stopped.

  • TheFunCartelTheFunCartel

    I grew up on a farm and we slaughtered our animals so I just had bad memories attached to it especially after my parents died.

    Yeah I struggled with slaughtering my parents too.

  • [Deleted User]WriterGF (deleted user)
    edited August 2025

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